Megillat Esther with English Transtropilation

The Book of Esther

oe pid on a os an English version by Len Fellman to be sung to the trope melodies
ie i bee ‘4 e (including special melodies for some “exceptional” verses inspired by midrash)
English or Hebrew from Joshua R. Jacobson’s CHANTING THE HEBREW BIBLE (1* ed. 2002)

Current version: February 4, 2021

NIN WHIWOR WA TIN & HE 1:1 [Now it came to pass] 1 in the days of Ahasugrus— this 1 is the Ahasuerus who peioned

wIa-Ty TAA Sin winwnox © © from India to Ethiopia [which includedha hundred twenty- sevenprovinces:

dT) ANI ow) yaw

qoan |naw> DAN ona 3

[we ining x2 by WITIWNX ;

5nd widw nwa 3 nan wiwa HH ES 3 in the third a of his reign he gave a feast [for his omic’ | and cent [chiefs of the army | |
lon yIayI ww 727 naw wp © ¥ of Persia oud Media, ae of the noblemen], princes of the sonecianeis-ithas stood before oe

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my Ta ny . Pe ae wt E 4 wher he displayed] the riches of his glorious kingdom,
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2 It happened in those days, | when a sat] ]| the king, Ahasuetus, on the royal throne

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indy 3 MNO apr nei diated land all the pomp] and Splendor of his ey for many days a hundred eighty days oa all.
OP neni oAW o7a7 OD? LB ELS | When it was all over] tthe days of that occasion—then made (the king another feast]

nwy nbsn DAninNigaao & * (for all of the people] ae were living] “in Shushan the fortified city)
Wiwa OXI OVA b35 TAN E

NAW JOP" TW biand myan
saa Ina nig Wns oN nyaw (right in the eouvaidior the garden of the palace, of the king.

(from the greatest | He the lowest habitant], [he made a banquet |—for seven days,
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TIM’ nbdm DDD | 11] HE 6 [There were curtains | of white and violet, attached with cord [of fine linen] and purple wool

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p97 os) ant 554 | nipw t et, EL 7 For drinking there were golden cups, each cup of a different design,

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ban 725 nian rioww © a And wine, [and it was royal wine], was in aoUaanexas befits a King

to rods of silver,and columns ef ae (and there were couches] || of gold and silver

[resting upon a an nishastee pavement, Set with pearl and precious stones.

1:7 Lamentations melody (forthe cups plundered from the temple)

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v che-li -im mi chelim sho - ni-l-im

each cu-u-up ofa different de- si—i—ign

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JO’ |7ITD OIN PROT AnwA no HE 1:8 Che drinking, by royal command,, was unrestricted,
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nyqa nivy? ima a 72 727727 * * (for in this manner] | |were instructed [by the king] all the stewards of his house

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nawn nowy nada nw D3 v

Tony WR madan ma ow) HE 9 jin addition |, Yashti the queen, hosted a banquet for the women,
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(that they observeht the wists of each man.

WIIWNN ’ Jin (the royal palace) the house of King Ahasuerus.

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JD MAW OVA? 7 att E10 On the seven day, when the king was merry, with " [he commanded his servants]

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Mehuman, ‘Bizzetha and Harbona) Bigtha and Abagtha’ Zethar and Carcas,
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E-ny ONWAN DONON Ayaw en royal euinuchs—the ones who ¢ a the presencaot King Ahasuerus

VIN an) XN? :WIIWNX Tan HE
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mado an22 TAA Shp, naan & =
moony Ow OAT nisaad /
naan kn m2 en ag naive ett Ee 12 But she refused—Queen Vashti—to come at the a of the king,
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Ta qWws Pana kin ©
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vox APN DT pn ny 197-59 alle H E|4 | Those who were est) [to him]: Carshena and Shethar, Admatha and Tarshish,

1] ee they should bring | Vashti ine who was the queen before the king , wearing her royal crown,
to display her beauty to the sia. and the officfals, for she was lovely, to one

that was delivered by the eynuchs, and the king was enraged oreatly, and his angen burned inside him.

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for thus was the manner of the king ewan: those] who are versed in law and inst

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O71 wwrn NNATS nw RIW 72 Y ” \Meres, Marsena,, and Memucan [these seven on {who were the princes | | |of Persia and Media,
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Soxnone mA“ awe | op onvi ~ "the sommnand'| [of the ae unalone was adios by the eunuchs?
‘DO MOT Ta WihwnE T2700 att E16 Then Sardi Memmican berorethe king and the princes:
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TAN 39? [ava [2002 Wes ie wy “Not {against the king] alone has Vashti done wrong,
now fad Jan oy Xo owl Job A

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pwr ba by " naan AW rut against| (all — and against [all the people|—
nip b2a IWR Day 237 by {all those who reside| in all the lands, of King Ahasuerus.
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had access to the royal presence, having the leading positions,in the kingdom.

15 By the law, [what should be doné] to the queen, ane | forasmuch as| |she | did not obey]

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mwan-7a-y 27 AT RYO] PP wet Eng! 217 For [the word of the aieen) [will go out to all the women] umaking He husbands contemptible,
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Tar VD YARS PRs 1) 2a nina? v ” in hei eyes, | when they will say]: ‘King Ahasuerus (issued the soma]
VT n& xrand TAX winiwny

nia ofa nm ANITNDT papd naban
IWR Taro ni | AMAXA mie Ene 18 This very day" (they will talk] the adie [of Persia and Media]

to brie Vashti [she who was the queen before him, [and she would not come|].’
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WwW bab n35an TIT ns yw * © who have bean of the words of the queen —to o the officials of the King, giving rise to contempt and nee

SYPI ta "TD 3 ban
Lasts ae i es 7 Ts lt E19 If it please the king, let an edict go out { from him, (and let it be reeorded|
MAI TIIT RY AD TINT Oy-Dy

soy TAO ONT] and padn unto the laws of Persia and Medigso that it a be changed,that never again‘may Vashti

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TAN 1109 NW xian-Kx5 WR TAD? appear before King Ahashuerus, gue let the ine. confer her nye estate on one more wonny than she.

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TAA a nmin vIIWNN H E20 | Then will be heard] the ictes of the king which ‘? as ake poreuenow his kingdom]
pow 2: Maw Any? > =
inia7n- D2} NVYIWR TAD Ding P
opm own O31 Sr ee 21 This plan was pléasing,in the eyes of the ing and his ministers,

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a0" RQ PORTH] biTand ryoyab = ~ and the king a to the word of Memucan.

—xas vastas it me {then all of the women| will show fespee” to their husbands, from the greatest to the least.

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wo Ow qAn yya 37 wit Eng 22 He sent letters to all the provinces of the ne ne
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to each country in its own script, wh - YOT——— kol-ISH RER. bf -vé-TO nn - dab

Gahe- e - siicpeasl sbomebd bab ee sensation i band 0-0o- eh hanes and

APTA TAN Nirqw-73-5K

‘ws Dvi Ov DN] mand nq vand to each nationin its own language, é —-——— ‘— =. ==
( ; . : BER ki - SHON ‘am - MO
nat tag Tw bx de nh that each man should be the master in his own house, speak the tongue of his owmpeo - ple
slay yw > L

and speak,the tongue of his own people
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nan Wa A yxn ov ITT IN No le le 2:1 [Some time] alter this, it subsided—the pg of King pen asuenus,
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PD WI IWS NRT ANWY TW yp 2\Then said the king’s servants , who attended him,
wer rw ary) yo

saga niziv nidina niqyi 7209

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and he thqught of Vashti and what she had done,,and what had been decreedagainst her.

‘| Let us tind |}— [let us seek out for the king}gome young maidens, pleasing to oes at.

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nirqn-5 24 opps 7200 7720") J 2:3 And let the ae appoint [a team of officials] i in each province of your kingdom;

NANT Twa wap inn

MAO’ PAT WW’ AY Nav
Ut ite tia ‘ Yeh ents at the — of the women, the house |that is in the charge of Hegai|,the king” s eunuch,
TAY FAT OD Na THON OWA IL X “

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7 to assemble (all the fair young maidens | ‘hat are beautiful to look at’ in Shushan the citadel,

TPN pin own guardian of the a ie {And let them be given) cOsmcucs:

T2On PVA JON Ws TIT Iv E 4 And that maiden—the one who looks good "DELO TPR PO TER AH WO AN ae
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re es ee ane Tn ~ in the eyes of the ee her reign ——— Se == :

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in ‘ashtt S place. And these words ei aE i, es te ate ‘
(x ie pleased the king,and he ae upon them. Ge =F = ——— z- =e ie * =
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TYAN WW WITT wR 7A H EL 5* There was a Jew who lived ) i ee eee es
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wp ja "UW" ja VR? ja 1 inwis > = © : : TAY had-da-VAR lv. €-NE ham-ME + lekbi . artes KEN
in Shushan the capital, and this name was Mordecai, words really pleased the Ii - img, adhe act - ed upon them.
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son of J alr, [son of Smee son of eet the tribe of peo amin, *Chanted by congregation before the reader
a DY Down 130 WR 3 HE 6 Kish had been exiled from J sain 5 6 Vannentebbanin inatiody
NTT TZN MID O and: IWR Se a
TR v eS . iene with the captives) ‘which were carried off ——— = a

a - sh—erhog-la-a mimsh -a la—yim

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Kish had b x-iled = fr Je —ru-sa-l
[together with| Jeconiah, King of Judah, et
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They were sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, im hag-gola-aasherho- gl’ ta-a
L_ D) along with the captives that were carried off.
King of Babylon. Ss ——
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) ; re 1 i - i-im Yecon-yah melech Ye-hu- da-a - ah,
TON ND NOTA JAS V7 THE 7 Mordecai had raised Hadassah, known as Bae with Je-co-ni-i - ah, king of Ju-u-dah,
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11037] ONT AR 72 PR. ITT na —|his uncle’s daughter |— a St a oe
my) } : Y : - = 4 ashe -er heg la-a Nebuchad-ne -et - tzar me - lech Ba -ve-e-el
a as Maa AN VW HA TSN 2? [because of the factht that she had, They were sent into exile by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Ba-by-lon

23? 12 ITV AND? ANI /
no father or sail The girl had a nice figure and a beautiful face,

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and with the death of her mother. and father, plorderal rhad adopted her| as [his own daugatet):

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int) JANI IAT yawNaA AO

nyan wwe nig ni paRAN
TA macy Snox noma TN
wT AW 3 Tox

aida Ey 2:8 | And it happened when they heard [the word of the king] and his decrée,
* [when they broueh | | [some girls) fin great numbers |
to Shushan the ene the charge of Hegal, .
| they took] Esther to the palace of the ing, into the care of Hegai,,, guardian of the women:

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TOM SWI PPyl Tvs AVN) HE 9 [The king found her pleasing |—the maiden—[in his a she won favor [before him].

hive ny wpa ns Spa raat =
ve ” {He ae haste to prepare for her| cosmetics and rations, to give [to het},
nin nMpan pay hey my nnd
= 3 aan man ado-nnd and he Had seven maidshosen to attend hher , from the house of the king,
win na 2109 MVOMYITNNI [and he mansion’ her] [together with the maids) [to the bei place) in ie Pe

AAD NY TOX TPA N? ? all, fey 10 Esther did not aad her people or her kindred
Ws my my DTI 2 antbin- nNl g &
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7 pi ni-doa1 x a mn! l Day — day Sistas! would walk in front of the cour of the women’s aaa
nyt) owsn-na wn ‘apd qann to find out about Esther’ : welfare, [and sha was happening | to her.
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Aa NYY INOS OWN —— 12 a: her turn aed —{the turn] for one of the girls’ |to 80] | to King Ahasuerus,
| sind Mw Aw AR wai 2
no nig pen ww TAT oN

a of the fact] (that Mordecai instructed her,not to tell.

(at the endl of her — days

1272 WIh Awy ow Dwi NID as was the law for women: twelve months, because this was the time that it took;to beautify a
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AWa DWT Nw [Ppt 7A? INDY SIX months with oil of myrrh and SIX months with perfumes and with ern S cosmetic.

PAN DAWA. OWIN AWW AN H
TaTON mea MwA nin 2 oy

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mY rind nd In? SANA W- bj ne would be given [to her] to take ‘with her) from the women’s ee the house of the king.
|aqwa TP y2A7 Maw OWI Man
AON TW NW] WAI ARI Ny
TAT OD WY TON aw DWN
ac My Minne mwtran sn |She would ae 20] again { to the King unless the king (should desire her], {and he summoned her] by aa
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13 | When thus | the maiden would go to the king and whatever She would ask for’

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14 In the evening |she would exe) there], (and in the morning | she returned toa second housé for women,

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ns (in the ena [of Shaashgez) the king’s eunuch, guardian of the eocupiaes.

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ie SAN Na WOOL AA 73031 10 WH ET 2:15 | When it came to be the turn of Esther. G> ——- SS
©) uv - hag - a a’ - ‘es-TER bat-‘a - vi- HA - yil
xiad na? a npd’ WDA eS danchterot Abihaill = was fhe wicieot Mordecai], gy wise ageto be hE Ete — prof AN BAI
DX °D NAT AWpA Ry qoaT dR Foie iors ust Sr
qban OND 10 TAN IWAN | that Mor seni who had a opt er as as aughter’ ee ay tae nn
IN NWI AX AM Dw! Nw to go (to the king], she joked for nothing [except for that] which had [already been advised]
PPR ID PVA \by pee the king’ S mol guardian of the women,
and indged Esther | did find] ye in the eyes (of all who saw her].
JIAN-OX ANOX nomi 1 / |
wIha I moon mae by i DINWON mn H E16 ‘And Bsther was taken‘to King Aienaeal to his royal palace,
YAW-NIVA NAV WIN Nin YwyN vv Un the tenth month), which is the month of Tevet, sony ]o-Ngm oye Son nex ns Tops aAe 2-17)
a es i ae ee: = ey ‘eth nan navn) MYNeIS Moon ans cen nowarrdse yyo>
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) H E_17 And the King loved Esther {more than all the women]. "ag yew ie HUAN fham~ Delete et oren nik + kol- he .
TON NY 7797 27 Po ,mithe —kmg loved Es~ the-e-e-e-, mote thm all th
pad Jon IN-NwM WIT b 57 [She won more favor [as well as more cundness | 6° po ee ——*
are : cou tT Fae , a - T= T° suit = 7 * caine. —io— sae i ies “i.
miayn-an2 ow" nizinan-9370 from betore him, ‘than all the other girls]. A ————— a Seer ee
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nw) Nn 12 21") NWR So he set the royal crown on her head, “pall the “o-- 0 -othergils Sohe sat the 1 -yal crown omher
- ee, wi q in p i ——— SS
3173 ninwn 7200 wy) ” and made het a can = he of —— . . a velo inn - [i na i TA sas wash =
TAOS AWA nx Pray pie 509 at E18 The king then gave'a huge banquet head, and made here queen aS eee See
nxwn ii ay hiriny nmin * “for all the officials and servants, called “The Feast of Esther”,
oan 72

He proclaimed a holiday for all the provinces, — distributed gifts,as befits a ts
TVA nw nizina Papoan Oo

span spwa avi afl H E19 Chen the maidens were gathered,[a second time], — aapeccaneet at the king? S gate,
nntzin NTA ANOS PX 2 ns E 20 still Esther (did not reveal who were her kindred or her people,
"aT roy MX WRI ma TR] es [yust as it had becg instructed to uoey moc
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TAR NARA ANN WR
"7701 pan nn x5 a Ee 2! In that ane: when Mordecai was sitting [at the palace gate], [two became enraged] ‘Bigthan and Teresh)

wan m3! WS? ax qywa aw? ~ two ‘eunuchs of the king iho guarded the threshhold, and on sought to lay hands [on King] ehashuius:
HOA Awa T2707
WAWNY Ta T Mw? Wan

for the bydding of Mordecat she obeyed, [just as it had been) when she was brought up by him.

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2:22 The matter became known to Mordecai ,,and he told it] to Esther the queen,
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pnw AM xeon ham we" 39 oo 23 They looked into the matter, ! . oun et
: ; an ° _ ’ — -~ a A =a = — ee — * 2 — k
ug) vpn "NAT W9pa IAD pr-dy [and found it to be sé} SSS Sa
. . . . I aE fer Liv RE liay-ya- hile lif
720 and the two were impaledyon stakes. inc a pelbg —= e zayal amis, Ing, and chure--0-4 <mi - Ges, asthe
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KE. oun - ME leh

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| This was recorded |

[in a book |—xthe royal annals, log, and Chronicles—
Un the presence of the king.

presence ofthe ki - i - ime

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NT NNT DATNS Vw a
bn iROD7NnY OWN InNwIN " Promoted — [son of Hammedatha] the Agagite and qavces him,

E eg: | (It was some time] | alter [all of these events, ‘King Ahasuerus

“Jay-53) 2 ing Ww onwandD and set his seat [over and above| (all of a the princes |v who were with him.

DVD FIAT IWWATIWY TIA yp |

TAN omy 72 rand | Dinnwm
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IWWA-IWS qoan Jap TAN 3 gl ee 3 then there spoke fine courtiers—{servants of the mee who were at the palace gate, to Mordecai

ny aly Ax brn TIN an = «why do you transgress the commandof the king?”
DIANA OANA I 1 “oan NII

1731 ‘DPN pnw Ndi oi oF boy =
TIN AT Tay hind and

TIT RIT IW DAP TAN for he had told themy that he was a Jew,

DIA ITA P87 Tad Ro

SIN Tay 8271 12 MINAwINA

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E ce All the king’s servants 7 [the palace gate (knelt down] and bowed low to Haman,

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for thys had commanded fhe king. (But Mordecai }w would not kneel, and would not bow down.

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4 [And it append! {when they spoke! [to him | day after dayand he would not listen, to them.
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” [that they told it] to Haman to see Sif the words of Mordecai would ptevail,

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not \bow down and prostrate himself, to him,

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vv then Haman was oe mee

725 97703 P now) prpa ra Hs Be 6 eu [he disdained| to lay hands‘on Mordecai alone, for they had told him,of Mordecat’ S people.
ai) WPAN ITV OVS Haney
WS DTI ITNS PAYA?
soo oy winWwny nID%N23

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fiscal sougnt] Haman "to eesnoy ral of the J ews |
[who lived throughout] the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the kin of ae aceat.

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TVA [OI WTSI PWR) wna T HE 3:7 |In the first] month, which is the month of Nissan, in wile twelfth year of King Ahasuerus,
bab on winwns Tao wy onW TT O

wins ni] Di qaN 19? SFian ga
WTR WITTRNIA Iwo wiInd [to ieteveatia the aay] | [casting day to day |, [beginning the first month],
IT 73 wv (tT T ie a \

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they cast the pur ~ Shis was the lol de ‘the presence of Hgman

| till it fell on the twelt month,, which is the month of ace
iW WW 72792 ja IWAN |

HE 8 And Haman aid. to King Ahasuerus, “There 1 Is la — people], scattered and dispersed
boa DADA ra 7751 WAI TART OV .

on" b57 nw oan aminon nirwy " among the peoples i in all the provinces of your aeirt
T = J _ eon Tk ae : = jf = 3 YY rN
721071 DWY DIX 720 NTN) [The laws that they observe are different [from those of other people},
SOI? MW" PS and the laws of the king they do not observesT To the king it is not befitting, to tolerate them.

OTaN? an> rid 72aN->p-ox 2.
Troy SIDwE OD-IDD DAP mn

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720 13 sx xan) ae “yy I will pay into the hands of those who do the déed, to bring i itunto the treasuries of the king.

many it bun INVAV-N’ qoan 10" 7 H E_10 [And so the king] [proceeded to remove! [his signet me from his hand,
OT WWW UNA ROWAN inn -

9 If it pleases the king, let there be a decree [to ney mem, ‘and ten Cimieid [talents of silver]

” [and handed it vel [to Haman] |son of Hammedathgl the ‘Agate Pe enemy of the J ews.

H E_11 Then said the king to Haman, “The sifver | is given to you,
72 yn ODA yan? 72D WN No i

sprya rive ia nivy ppm) vv [and also the people |,.to o with thenyw a seems good in your oe

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Wwein wna qin “Od INP D wv E_ 12 [Then were summoned {he scribes of the king’ in [the first mont] on the thirteenth day [of the conti.

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ana) ja Di WY nba S oe [And the orders were written], [according to all at was commanded] by na to the regents ——

TAT etn dy 1H] AI Ws-dD? Q y - Z
apni n wtnroy [AW nin a7>x1 [the satraps of the king], [to the eeu) who | preside lover all the provinces
mana my nati Dy oy wx {in their own senipil, [and to the] otticials lof es eon) all the nationsyin their own language,
Yi ee ° . . 8 / ae
WWI TAN oWa iw?2 OY) OL" in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed by the signet ring of the king.

J2AN nNvava Onn And}
Dyin Ta oo nidwn >——

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id Awad han nit D3 ON [saying to destroy], to massacre, to exterminate, [all of the Jews| from young to old,
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10 Tat Ty) quan one bo n& saydi including children and ween ona single day [on the] [thirteenth day |of the twelfth month,
DIN? wy AviDwa THY Dia dwn 1 .
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E13 Letters were dispatched by [the hand of seiitiii all the provinces of the king,”
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which is the month of Adarand to plunder their possessions.
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nT tnan? anda ywwna 1
praya-997 973 APTA APTANA

mt oP? ony nad
AA "373 = BINT NY? ova 10 ae HE 15 The couriers [went out| posthaste” by order of the king xand the decree was proclaimed,

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H E 3:14 Copies Lof this written document] | were to be proclaimed] as law in every province,
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and displayed to all the peoples, for them to be ready, por that eay

TAM Van Www nin 71 ~ in Shushan the capital. so ecplaameanbaey
4 ee ee Sait. (I ——— ss ; —
Www Vy ninw? AW? fai The king and del sat down to drink, 6 aoa eye
3 ve-ha_ ihr Shu - sha-a-an ne - vo - cha-a-a
e 0 but ae city of Shushan was hedered. but the cityof Shu -u- shan was be — wi-ildered

4 1 Lamentations melody

, ; —_—— a ,
VT IT VA RT HE 4:1 And Mordecai (canted eiow | all that had happened, === one 77 2 SS = ‘
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| 7212 v7) eee WR" n& Then tore WMorlecar his S nciis iiss ack ae teas to kno-ow all that had ha-a-ppened
Tina ky TaN py warm PANN ‘iat ene tie une SSS
" " . " yg : va vi kra Mordeca-ai et bega-da-av
mai noi Ap pyri yA ny ani aie? aaa Thetis Mostlecdd ie yarnenn
He went out into the midst of the city, Ss eS
So ' - a tw) eo
[and there he he cried. wailing loud,and bitterly, we , aera ceconn ray hearer
WN - 54 i“ St 59) —
PR? Tan We 397 Ww! Nia 3 E. 2 [And he cane | i far as| the front of the palace gate, SSS RS SS === =
:pw wiaya qban pw" ON sib / va yei-tseibeto-och ha i-ihr va yiza-a-a-ak
on [no one was) [allowed to malik: In through | He went out into the midst of the city, and there he Roem
the king’s gate dressed in sackcloth. 65 + a # hem oh a |
: : i“ wail - ing lou-ou-ou and bit-ter-ly
ie oe TIN nea 7201 3 3 And in province after province, any place EY ; eee
1T3 718 wan int iv lt wt ET Se ee
5ORt py TDM 723 a oan > a where [the king’s word] - his decreé did reach, ee ee
th he J 2S BS
‘oad py [there was great | mourning iamons the Jews |: i uk sdenchderatiaatai ae
There was great moumin g among the Jews
fasting and weeping and wailing. | ——
>” »¥— e oS o Hoey?
Sackcloth and ashes | were ind out| for the masses. ve tzom —uve-chi-l -i u mis -pe-e-ed
L_ D) | ee and Weerees and wai-ailing
SSS eS SS
sa- ak va el-fer yu tzZa-a-a la ra -bi-i-im.

Sack-cloth and ash - es. were laid ou-ou-out for the ma-a-asses.

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SHOX Ny mNIanT ANN I
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wradad oa now TRI the queen was distressed exceedingly. ‘She sent some garments with which] (to dress Mordecai,
N71 roy A Wpw 2onbs TN DR [and to take] sackcloth away) {from him]. But he would not accept them.
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WM arind TADT TW ybba — L

acne by arnn nyt ‘7 by 7 ” and he sent him! to Mordecai,.to learn what a was — me it means.
yon aint ON ITY by 707 XVII
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:DTAND ones OTN TAA [to deposit into | the coe) [treasuries of es king], for the J ews—|to destroy them.

IA IWY NIT AN. WWHaTNN! D
nixigd ni opawn? ywiwa

by ninyds 1 ambi IHON-NN
padi op an nab ban by niab that he 50 [to the king] [and appeal to himghand to lend before “ 1,[ for her people}.

4:4 When there came| the maidens of pout and her eunuch§ who told her [about it],

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wH E. 6 Hathach went out,to Mordecai in the city square, (in front of ithe palace gate.
LH E 7 Then Mordecai [told him] what had happened to him, (and also about] | Ithe portion—
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(the exact amount of money] wihkch was offered by Hamar,

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aH EE 8 Anda copy [of the written decree| which was proclaimed in Shushan for their destruction
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he gave - hini| \to show to Esther,so she would su And to demand lof her]

TH TNA RII sD" oy pipon H at EE. 9 Then eae Hathach and told Esther what it wasthat Mordecai had said.
TARD ? PITA AT NS THON? § HE 10,\And spoke Esther, to Hahach [and gave him a command] for Mordechai

sot by amagnr nad nox 7 LQ,
by Se = é ie ce bs a H E11 All the scovants (of the ring [and the people] Of the provinces of the king’
ee a [these all nou that for any man [or for an woman]
wy mibx1 wex-da wy DDT y ma y

main qyn07 by ban ON x12? who goes |to the kind in the inner court t'who [has not been called]
729 maT? INT NDS 8 TN? WH :
DTW TAN Ow Wyn
R12? (HNP NENT) ADT
W737) D :% owidw nt TAT ON But I [have not been| ie to go to the king [for these last] thirty aay:
NOX AIT OX D797

THON ON sya ITI WAN PY

qban ma vbam Wo -ATNON
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Qt
(there is on¢] decree: [to be put to death. | With the exception of] the one
to oe lis extended by the King the golden scepter;—| that one may ne

aH E12 So they told Mirdecai these words of —
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13 Then ute Mordecai responding to Esther, “Do not imagine |in your heart]
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TSE Pers) Ae) Wet Soe oi re EE (4:14)

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pe ee
aT = + = Fr ——_— * — { al
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of mew ‘ _ - wil a - tise foethe Jews from a- n0- oie pla-ace, and
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DTP A TAN PANT AN) IGN A ; her SSS ——— eS
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will perish,and who knows—perhaps At 7 ———————
ON - ° = 7 Lahb : i + : ee KEELTY 7
. [for a time like this ]\you have come to the throne.” co 8- «ome to “the thro — one
SITIOS IW WO’ WANN Wo |
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pama-Sa-ny vila y9 10 yg 16 “[Go right now] and gather all the Jews
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‘a-sher-tstv-ve-ta ‘a - la-a-a-a-a av Es - ter

; ag ; and if Iam to 4 I will perish. that was command-ed to hi-i-i-i-im by Es - ther
799 DUA aT YA WUT 17 Then left Mordecai,[and fed f elhonah hings] th ded to him, by Esth
: H E en leit Mordecai,|and carried out] | all of the things}, that were commanded to him sther.
TNO’ poy TDW —— re : ee,

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Iyna TAyMm mada’ InN van

[day of the fast, that Esther put on (her royal robes,
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[and she stood] in the court of the pea s palace], | the inner court], oe the house of the king,

Daa mananmmen Derma a > J 7
maa imadn xea dy awh qoant (and the king at this time] | was sitting | on his royal throne’in the royal palace,
mt L
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WOR TS wan nix mam 44 aH E, 2 And it happened: ‘vhen the king had seen Esther = Qtieen standing’ in the courtyard
VIVA IN Nw qn3 nypy naan > a

TWN WAN? Tho own
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TOT 2 WN OT WI ON E
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that she found favor, in his ve The king ine [to Esther] the golden scepter ( that was in his hand.

3 He then spOne to nef—tthe king asked], “What is with you, Esther the Queen?
| What is aur recat Even half the kingdom;it will be given to you.”

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TiO TPAN-IV-DX ANON TANI I

AWA OFT ITN WAT ND
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5:4 Esther replied, if it please the king,

do cone the king and Hamart—oa to the banquet;that I have prepared for him.

5 And the king said, bring Haman quickly, to fil the word of es

| And a came] —the king and Haman—to oe banquet prepared by Se

6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What 3 is your wish It shall be be granted to ru
| What 1s a — ‘Even half the kingdom,,|it shall be filled

7 hen Esther answered saying, ‘Tgp noe 15:7)
a SSS SS
My request, [my wish —is this |: OS SSS SSS
| why: . fe 3 a =e - ex my ‘ eae ‘ta i- i

8 Tf I nae found favor ‘in the eyes of the king;
if to the king it seems good to aoe my wish, to fulfill my request: do come—the king and Haman,
to the feast that I | prepared for them, and tomorrow I twill fulfill the word of the ane

9 So Haman went out on that day happy and glad of heart.

{But ie he looked]:H Haman saw Mordeca> at the gate of the palace] .

|He did not risé] or tremble peter: him], [and it filled] Haman (against Mordecai| with ree

10 But Haman reoatroiied himself] and went to his hoyse. .

[He sent outha and called for his friends, and for Zeresh his wile.

11 They were told [by Haman}@ of the the ou of his wait ue of his] many soe

[and all about | he the king [advanced him], and how he raised him ip

[above the mee and ants of the king.

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ito the feast she prepared,| except for me]. .| Tomorrow also} am invited - her,,|along with the king]

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PAAR iAwWR WIT TAXA T
TAY DWAN Als pyIwDy?
TIE NN sor) TAY TANI PID

5:14 Then spoke [to hin] ‘Zeresh his wife [and all of his friends],

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“| Have a stake be put up| of height fifty cubits;

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nawnan->y qoan- ope Nai yop [and in the eamnine | || speak i the kin’} [to have them impale] Mordecai upon it.
wp yan)? WaT av naw (Then go}—lyou 20 athe the king] to the banquet, and be merry.”
hae {It ead good |—| this siepested plan| 5. ss end of chapter melody ea = =
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my gins: - 5 5 a Q L my (Midrash Esther 10:1) > mon
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wa dy: the book of seconds =the royal chronicles, Fe og tins shane tan |
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_ that they be reg peluns aie king, =. SS SS SESS ELSE
2 : 3 : : 7 : NAT a — m s - a aa gape \ 7
JT Pan WS ND RBB4 on E E 2 They found written this:“that Mordecai had spoken out’ Pay ae Oe an ees BN AREA ae ere

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82 1971 N22 TAN TAN? T 4 The king then asked), ae is in the courtyard?”

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¥ “whom the oe to nner And Haman thought j in his heart,
“Whom fidesd) | would ho desire |— iwhom would delight the king] to give honor,more than to me
fo EL? So Haman ny to the king, ° ‘|For the man |v whom the ieaaieden to honor,
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H E 8 [Let them bring a royal robe which has been worn,by the king,
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~~ who will dress the man whom the king, delights to honor. He should eo him on eorschack through
the oy square, and Proclgim before him, “This 1 1s wali is done to the man whom the king ,wants to ‘vor
H E10 ‘But the king said to Haman, “Act quickly. then]. “erat STIS JoMeD NIST Ae bros Ty Ste Me Np 16:10)
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and do this to Mordecai the Jew Ohi Mgatiieias «bei n'a-SHER ditfAR-ta va.'a- ad
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who is sitting at the palace gate. ———— oo se
7 rN RUS eine - KAY bear dou of way VA “ in -
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{and lead him on horseback | cen? the city square, and proclaimed before him,

“This (1s what is done | to the man whom the king,.wants to honor!”
|
H BID When returned Mordecai yto the palace a

* “while Haman hastened to his house, -moyming with a cover over his mead
H E_13Then told Haman Zeresh his wife. and all his friends all that had happened to him.
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you will not [overcome him], but you will surely fal betore him.”
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“| What might be your wish}|Esther my Queen, ? It shall [be md granted to you!
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6:14 But while’ they were speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs sarnived.

7:1 [So they came|—the ene and Hamai—46 dine with Esther the _—
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| What is ~— request]? Even half the kingdom,—|it shall be ee

3 Then Esther the queen answered and said,

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O king, [and it seems peed to the king,
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grant me my life—this is _ ieee

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and the life of my peo le] |.|that is my desire].
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wt ey + For we have been sold, myself and my people
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to be destroyed, slain, and anmtilaed.
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SHEE it were only oe ieee [and servant girls]

we had been old. {I would have kept auierk

| As things are -Lihe — {certainly 1s not] | worth the damage | done to the king.”
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te 6 Esther replied, ‘The man |—our persecutor and énemy is this mich Haman_here.”

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had Haman ~- terrified before the ang and the queen.

5 And answered King Ahashuerus, s aying to Esther the queen,

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H E_ 7 |Then the ian arose in his wrath aa the feast of wine, [going to the palace] garden.
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Haman remained to plead for his soul to Esther the quéen,

for he saw that resolved [against him| [to destroy mun eas the e

2 | Then inquired | ‘the king to Esther once again, |on the second | day. at the feast over wine,

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For we have been so-old, myself and my pe-eople
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| nar DN Iwan niin aw 720m n WH EL 7:8 — the king] [came Gace ‘from the palace garden’to the hall | to the eat iie banquet of wine],

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wiad> DT TYTN PHP ADRS - - ’
‘an Rw STO maa ay nadadnsy | Will he also do this]: vey? her here], [will he assault the queen | with me in the palace:
On ai} D4 T2An | When the word] came out ‘Of the mouth of the king, the face of Haman,—_| they saasiead it UPI.
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with a height of fifty —_ Replied the king,, ‘(Hang him on it.”
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PITAWY PHT oD Toa nN Yn? WHE 10 And cae hanged Haman [on the stake 2197 PET we PET Ie HATH YN (7:10)
23v TAN NAINA? & = [which he had put up| for Mordecal, aes a a
and the wrath of ie king was ended. " a, i 3 “2 e iu 2 aie Saad ,
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tag Ayy ny Waya? ib OO WE 4 Then the king held out to Esther this: the scepter of gold. So Esther arose and stood anita the king.
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TAYM ANOS OPM AAT vAW ny

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and the thing seems right before the kingxand if I am pleasing,in his eyes, (let it be written|

o ‘ (
to revoke ‘the a —_— that were written] by Haman son of Hamedathé the Agagite,
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which (he had written| to destroy the Je ews,

8.6 Lamentations melody

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who are foundyn all the — of the king. eS SS ed
Ki - i-i-t-t-i-li-i-i eicha-cha-a u cha-al ve ra - l-iti

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the evil that will befall my people? oe
ry ba ra-a-a asher yim-tsah et a- mi-i -i

et how endure. is sée the destruction of my kindred? Sw be al eee a

ge | SSS SS Se Se
~ ll Ee 7 Then sdid King Ashasuerus Ve ei-cha u cha-al vera-i-ti be av-da-a-an mo - lad’-ti
= & And ho-ow en-du-re to se-ee the de-struc-tion of my ki-in-dred

to Esther the Guden and to Mordecai the Jew,
“Behold, the estate of Haman I have gored Esther, and hint—they have hanged on the callows,

oe of what he did] he tried to lay his hand,on the J ews.
HE 8 and you weaieedt you may write concerning the Jews s' what seems good 1 in your eyes
a in the name of the king, [and seal At] with the the king’ S signet, [since an odic) which is written |
[in the name of the king] [and which has been sealed] y with the king’s eo be revoke’ ”
HE 9 [Then were summoned] (the scribes of the king] rin that vey hour], “in the third monthy
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which is the month of Sivan, on [the third and eventietn day’ [and eal was written] (all that was ordered]

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by Mordecai: Farag to the J ews, to the satraps, (to the covenant: - the princes ‘of the province
[who oils ]| from India to BthiSpia: seven and twenty and a hundred provinces: each province
(in its own script], saci people,in its own language, and to the Jews (in their own sript and language.
JE 10 [He had them ——r in — name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the signet of the king
=“ and he sent proclamations i oadine them by way| of couriers on heahasl riders on the swiftes, steeds,

bred trom the royal stallion.

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WR | oan TAN m3 ; Sw xo af EL 8:11 [In them it was writer) ‘hat the king had granted : the J ews |[to be found] [in every city]
Dwar by siapdy apad wor ba i
one Dan 743 Ly aaby awa

ows 0 On’ DI AIT OV
including children and women, and to plunder their possessions—
nirtn b73 THs ofa 2°: nid nddwi A |

(the ne to assemble] and protect their lives” to destroy, ‘o kill and annihilate

[all the forces! lof any people| [or or any prow ince kcal might attack them,

wind Ivy awibwa winwns TOT lly Eo E_12o0na single day i in all the provinces of King erases:
BWNda PTR WIT Www * ¥ on [the thirteenth day he of the twelfth month), which is the month of Adar.

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nin pir bern ony ones so that the Jews would be ready on that day [to avenge themselves] on their enemies.

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onan IRyOAvAN wa © \hastened and pressed on,by the king’ S onan: “Invitational cadence
and OT F 5An VTA O'}INT
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Vad wiwa X ’ ree capa le ‘ta laid [ipa tT T tal 5" all art The alt PV pea]
winds TAD "1DdN | 8x? ‘Stan 1 wh H E15 And iMGniccar went out from before the an # = = = = = —= =. =
, ~ . ly = fener = eho a _S ° —_—— au 7. NE ham-ME-Ickh bal -
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2 eee . : : i S$ ng — janes
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nay WAY VON [AI IW!) Pla TP AM a magnificent crown of gold..a cloak of fine linen, . ils. tee, fen n ERM. Aa = ey
InAWw J _ deed im ~ royal _ tps of ib quots 2 aud ae ___ 2 mag-
~~ [and “an wool. |. The city of Sinishan SS EE SS
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DIY OT Tn for the Je ews, a feast and a hgliday, [and a great many! Mi sxe eae mee oe, th ee

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of the people of the land [professed themselves J ews],
for there fell the fear of the Jews, open them.

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aH E9:1 [In the twelfth] ‘month of the year. which is the month of Gee dn the nem day it happened,
> when [the time had arrived] | for the command of the king | and his decree to be enforced,
(this being the day on which had expected the enemies of the Jews to prevail Lover then’,

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it was turned around; namely: |they overcame |— [the Jews in fact prevailed] over (all their enemies].

2‘Then gathered the Jews 3 fin their cities] in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus

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~ to send forth their hand [against those who sought] their ae

No vail aud stand [before thenil, for their fell a * fear of them (over all the peoples.

3 All officials of i provinces, the satraps, the sovernors, (those doing] the work, of the king,

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7 including Parshangatna aa Dalphon, and Aspatha;

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9 along with Parmashtk and Asiraiand Aridaiand Vaizatha

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9: a spoke the king ‘to Esther the queen, “In Shushan, ail in the citadel |

the J ews shave killed and destroyed [all of live] hundred men,

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eluding: the ten [sons of Haman]. [In the remainder Qf} the provinces of the king,, what have they done?
| And what is your wish]? It shall be granted to you. What do you request further,? |It shall be done}.”
13 Responded Esther, “If to the king it seems good, let it be pee omenow may it be|—

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~ that the J rews who are in Shushan [may act again by the decree of ey,

[and may it belt that the a sons of A hanged on the gallows.”

_H E14 So the king sommminded: that this be done. he decree was setnbideeatite Shushan.
7 [And so it wash that ca a sons of Haman were hanged.

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HH EIS | And they assembled |_Ahe J ews, [those who were in Shushan],

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* Tonce again they came forth] on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar,

and they killed 1 in Shushanthree hundred men (But on phinder] they did not lay,a oo
16 The enainder Tall the rest of the J ews] | who fied in the Provinces of the king’

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in [also assembled] land detended (their very lives]. — had a mpi ‘from their enemies,
and killed of ee Guades and seventy, thousand, (but on the plunder] ion did not lay,a hand.
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celebrate [this special day): the fourteenth day. of the month of Adar

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"70 anD"1 2 WH EL 9:20 So recorded Mordecai the events aiCrem anon ‘and he sent letters {to all of the J ews |
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mwa inawnin au 7a0n-oy [this wicked plot], [this evil sim which he devised sai the Jews—|on his own head],
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of the kingdom of aN with words of shalonyand emet (truth).
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{must not fail] to be observed among the Je ews, Thor the memory of them) die out among their seed.

[in order to confirm] (the letter of —_— conceming Chag Purim|—she wrote this, the second one.

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‘enjoined on them‘by Mordecai the Jew y and Esther the quéen, [and that which they!
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32 The decree of Esther [served to confirm] this observance of Purim, this holiday

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Len Fellman’s English readings with tropes

The purpose of this project is to translate THE SONG OF THE TORAH into English.

I work by comparing as many as ten English translations of a pasuk and creating a cantillated English sentence that sounds as much as
possible like the Hebrew. They follow the Hebrew as closely as possible, word for word and trope by trope. The English language has an amazing
flexibility, making it possible to make the English word order match that of the Hebrew quite well, allowing for some “poetic licence’, and some

willingness on the part of the listener to be “carried” by the melody more than by the English syntax. The translation needs to sound good when

chanted, but not necessarily when spoken or read.

Unlike most translations, these “transtropilations” are not intended to be a substitute for the Hebrew. On the contrary, they are meant to
provide a “window” into the Hebrew text and its musical expression. My ideal listener knows enough Hebrew and has enough interest to follow the
Hebrew in a bilingual text while the leyner is chanting the English version, to bring the Hebrew text to life, both verbally and musically. For this
purpose I use exactly the same tropes in the English as in the Hebrew (almost always on the corresponding English word).

The texts can be used to do consecutive translation, i.e. leyning a phrase in Hebrew, followed by the corresponding phrase sung in English.
Some of my recordings demonstrate this. I do this frequently when leyning for groups that either know little Hebrew, or that don’t have a chumash in
front of them.

I favor literal translations (e.g. “cut a covenant’) to call attention to Hebrew idioms, and towards simpler (even if less accurate) words (e.g. Ex.
12:7 “beam above the door’ rather than “lintel’’) to be easier to follow. If my readings provoke a discussion of the Hebrew, I consider that as justification
for using less-than-idiomatic English. I try to find just the right balance between “‘literalness” and “‘listenable-ness’’. A primary goal is throwing light
on the Hebrew syntax.

In order to adapt the trope symbols to a left-to-right language like English, I reversed the direction of the trope symbols:

. . C \ \ PR,
mercha tipcha munach tevir mapakhor yetiv kadmaorpashta geresh gershayim telisha katana telisha gedola
L 7 L Ns >
(Generally speaking the conjunctive tropes such as mercha, munach, mapakh, kadma, and telisha katana “lean toward” the words they “conjoin” to, while the
disjunctive tropes such as tipcha, geresh, gershayim, and telisha gedola “lean away” from the words that follow, so as to create a sense of separation.)

The trope symbol is normally placed under the accented syllable, unless it is a pre-positive accent (telisha gedola, placed at the beginning of the word
or phrase) or a post-positive one (telisha katana or pashta, placed at the end of the word or phrase).

The Hebrew text frequently puts a makkeph (which 1s like a hyphen) between words in order to treat them as a single word to be chanted. I
use a different system for English: If an entire English phrase is to be chanted to a single trope melody, I place it between grey brackets, as in this
phrase from the Book of Lamentations: ‘

(clings to her skirts |

The leyner is invited to fit this phrase to the Eicha “rivi’1” melody in whatever way seems most natural.

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As a variant of the “grey bracket’ device, I indicate pairs of tropes by “wrapping them around” the phrase which have the combined melody:

mercha/tipcha kadma/geresh (or: azla, etc.) mercha siluk
\Renew our days, (She weeps bitterly’ \a fire-offering to oe

Again, the Jeyner should decide on the most natural way to fit the phrase to the combined trope melody.

I put words in gray which I consider essential but which don’t strictly match the Hebrew. I also “pad” some phrases with extra words in gray
to fill out a musical phrase nicely. Different trope systems vary widely in the length of the musical phrase used, so the words in gray may or not be
used depending on the leyner’s cantillation system. In particular, the tropes taisha g'dola (8), legarmeh, metigah-zakef, and pazer vary widely in the
muscial phrases used for chanting. (And please indulge me in my whimsical treatments of shalshelet.)

“Metigah-zakef’1s a special trope combination which can be recognized by a kadma and a zakef katon appearing on the same Hebrew word
(again, a makkeph makes two words into one). (There are several examples in Genesis 18 & 19, beginning with 18:16). I indicate this by placing the
corresponding English phrase in grey brackets: 7 :
Take heed—take care for yourself

In some trope systems (viz. cantor Moshe Haschel in “Navigating the Bible IT’) this is given a distinctive melody—lI add extra syllables to fill out

the musical phrase (as in “take care” in this example). Haschel’s system also chants the trope munach as legarmeh more often than other systems do.
I don’t write a single word of translation without first hearing the melody of the phrase in my mind, following one of two trope systems:

The one by Portnoy and Wolff (The Art of Cantillation) or the one by Joshua R. Jacobson (Chanting the Hebrew Bible).

I transcribe the name ™"” as YHWH (in small caps). I almost always chant this as yud-hey-vav-hey, which I have discovered fits marvelously into
several of the trope melodies. But of course the leyner can choose to pronounce it as “God” or “Adonai”.

Warning on the Hebrew text: The text I use for the English trope system 1s from Aryeh Kaplan; the Hebrew text I display is from Wikisource.
Occasionally (but rarely) a phrase will use different tropes in the two systems.

The English translations I mostly use (besides several scholarly commentaries) are the following:

Aryeh Kaplan, “The Living Torah’ (1981) (also my source for proper names & transliterations)

Richard Elliott Friedman, ‘The Bible With Sources Revealed’ (2003)

Everett Fox, ‘The Five Books of Moses’ (1997)

The Stone Edition “Tanach’ (1996)

JPS “‘Hebrew-English Tanach’, (2™ Ed. 2000), along with Orlinsky, ‘Notes on the New Translation of the Torah’ (1969)
Robert Alter, “The Five Books of Moses’ (2004)

Commentaries in the ‘Anchor Bible’ series

Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible (1902)

The Jerusalem Bible (1966) (also my source for topic headings)

The New King James Bible (1982)

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2, Detours in the Chanting of the Book of Esther
To add expression, drama and sometimes humor te certain
phrases and sentences in this Megillah, special musical detours or
variations have become traditional in many communities.
According to tradition those phrases which depict the gloom and
despair of the Jews, are to be chanted with motifs from the cantilla-

tion of the Book of “Lamentations,” (See Chart 6.) For examples of
this tradition see detours Nos. 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 15.

These borrowings are primarily used, as has been stated, to give
added expression to certain key-phrases and sentences and to make
them accord with the midrashic interpretations of these texts. Mid-
rash Esther 2:11, for example, points out that the vessels used at
Ahasuerus’ feast were those taken by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.E.
Therefore the melodic change from the joyous Megillah mode to
sadness of the mode of Lamentations.

At the beginning of Chapter 6:1 we are told of the sleeplessness
which King Ahasuerus suffered on a certain night. According to
Midrash Esther 10;1, God, the King of Kings, also suffered sleep-
lessness due to the terrible plight of his people in Persia. Therefore,
the Ashkenazim chant this opening phrase with the elaborate melody
used for “Hamelech” (“The King'’) at the opening of the second
section of the morning service on Rosh Hashannah and Yom Kippur.

According to the musical tradition in some communities,
“Vayitlu” (see detour 16) 1s chanted in a joyous and exultant style.

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